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callous Definition


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callous
adj
    1. Unconcerned for the feelings of others; coldly and deliberately cruel.
      Thesaurus: cold, indifferent, heartless, uncaring, hard-boiled, hardened, unmoved, remote, hard-hearted, inured, obdurate, unresponsive; Antonym: kind, sympathetic, sensitive.
Derivative: callously
adverb
    Unfeelingly; cruelly.
Derivative: callousness
noun
    Deliberate cruelty; brutality.
Etymology: 15c: from Latin callosus thick-skinned.



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